The Supreme Court, in this Appeal, reinforced the significance of interpreting the statutes. The Court observed that the textual interpretation should match the contextual one. Facts in brief Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc, (appellant), a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, filed the suit against B. Vijaya Sai…
The Court ruled that “Education is an area where chances of confusion should be completely avoided as it can result in having a damaging effect on the careers of children”. The court recognized that ‘THE BRITISH SCHOOL’ name is exclusive proprietary to the British School Society. ‘THE BRITISH SCHOOL’ is not a generic and common…
Havells India Limited (Havells) has approached the Delhi High Court alleging registered design infringement and passing off of their ceiling fan design and trade dress by Panasonic Life Solution India Pvt Ltd (Panasonic). Havells seeks to restrain Panasonic from using the designs and trade dress/get up for their Venice Prime ceiling fans which allegedly are…
Our Managing Associate, Mr. Ajay Kumar conducted a session on ‘Introduction to Trademarks and its registration’ on September 15, 2022. It was a part of 4-day event organized by Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) in collaboration with JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore. Ajay discussed about the various kinds of marks and the…
Flipkart Internet Private Limited (Flipkart), the well-known e-commerce entity has filed this writ petition before the Delhi High Court to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered against it under Sections 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and Sections 103/104 of the Trademarks Act, 1999, and all proceedings thereto. The criminal proceedings were initiated on…
Ms. Rachna Bakhru – Attended a panel discussion organised by the Asian International Arbitration Centre. The Webinar was based on the recent development of technology in sports and the potential regulatory issues in relation to the virtual spaces and the sale of non-fungible tokens. The Webinar was also based on the rising concerns as…
The crux of the dispute between the parties is the brand name and packaging of the energy drink manufactured and marketed by Hell Energy Magyarorszag Kft (hereinafter Hell Energy) under the brand name HELL with distinctive packaging, depicted below. The Defendant, Shri Brahm Shakti Prince Beverages Pvt. (hereinafter Prince Beverages) has allegedly copied the brand name…
Our Partner, Abhishek Nangia, addressed police officials on August 29, 2022 at Haryana Police Academy, Karnal on Introduction, scope of Trademarks Act and role of police. The session was very well received and the police officials raised numerous interesting questions. .
Our Partner, Abhishek Nangia, addressed police officials comprising of Deputy Superintendent, Inspector and Sub-Inspector on August 25, 2022 at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur on Overview of Copyright Act, Copyright infringement, fair use provisions, penalties under Copyright Act and role of police. The interactive session witnessed active participation from police officials, intense discussion on issues faced…
Shabnam Khan, Associate Partner and Padmini Paonam, Associate of our firm conducted a lively session on Brands and Counterfeiting on August 22, 2022. The session was conducted for over 185 enthusiastic students of Kunskapsskolan School, in Gurgaon. The session was very well received, and the students posed several interesting questions to the presenters. A number…
